• Self-awareness; – Knowledge of oneself and how one acts and behaves in situations and environments.
• Self-Belief; – Self-Confidence – assuredness in one’s actions, judgments and abilities.
• Self-Trust; -The ability to have faith in oneself under duress and pressure.
• Self-Reliance; – Ability to depend on one’s own capabilities, judgment, and resources , and acceptance that nobody else is responsible for profits and losses.
• Self-discipline; – A structured approach that keeps a person focused and grounded against negative forces and pressures.
• Self-Control; – Is the ability of exert mind muscle and will-power to overcome the negative effects which can so easily distract and distort perceptions and judgments.
• Self-Motivation; – Describes the initiative to undertake risks and activities when the mood and environment have been counterproductive.
• Self-Esteem; – High regard, respect or value for one’s self, but not to the level of being conceited, or having an over-inflated opinion of their worth.
• Self-efficacy; – Belief in one’s own competency and ability.

In summary, successful traders take responsibility for their own actions, but rarely beat themselves up. – If I was to sum it up succinctly, they know themselves, they like themselves, they believe in themselves, and above all – ‘they are comfortable in their own skin’. 

On the other hand, failing and struggling traders display some or many of the opposite tendencies. Typically they possess or are caught up in cycles of ‘self-defeating’ behaviour; they may be riddled by self-doubt, and wracked by self-consciousness. They may lack the necessary self-belief and self-trust which is needed to overcome the many inherent biases and injurious traits that people naturally possess which make trading such a difficult task. 
We use the word ‘self’ in so many ways without really thinking about how relevant and crucial it is: Trading is not just about knowing ‘the market’, ‘a strategy’, ‘a set of rules’, it is also about knowing your-‘self’, developing your ‘self’ and managing your ‘self’.